*faiblesse*, f., weakness.
*faim*, f., hunger. avoir ——, to he hungry.
*faire*, to make, do, accomplish, act, personate, cause, have
(causal).
—— l'appel, to call the roll;
—— attention, pay attention;
en —— autant, do like wise;
—— peu de cas de, to make light of;
—— le commerce de bois, to trade in wood;
—— dépense, to spend;
—— époque, to be an event;
je fis l'esprit fort, I acted the sceptic;
—— l'essai de, to sample;
—— l'exercice, to drill;
—— feu, to fire;
—— figure, cut a figure, be prominent;
—— grâce à, to pardon;
—— la grimace, to make a face;
—— halte, to stop;
tu fais le malin, you are acting the shrewd fellow;
—— mouche, to hit the bull's eye;
—— une question, to ask a question;
—— un saut, to jump;
—— signe, beckon;
—— signe que, to give to understand that;
il commençait à —— sombre, it began to grow dark;
—— tête à, resist;
pour —— tomber la cendre de sa pipe, to knock the ashes
from his pipe;
—— tort à, to harm, prejudice;
—— la traite, carry on the slave trade;
il n'avait fait qu'user de, all he had done was to make use of;
—— venir, to send for;
se —— à, to accustom one's self to;
se —— conscience de, to shrink from, to have scruples about;
Ledoux se fit descendre au rivage, Ledoux had himself
rowed ashore.
*fais; fais-aient, -ait, -ant, -ons*, see *faire.*
*faisceau*, m., bundle, pile,
mettre les armes en ——x, to stack arms.
*fait*, m., fact.
tout à ——, completely, quite.
*fait, faites*, see *faire.*
*fallait, fallut*, see *falloir.*
*falloir*, must, should, ought, to be necessary, be obliged. il faut savoir, you must know; quand il vous faudra, when you have to.
*famé*, famed. bien ——, of good repute.